Confusion and clarifications surround reported initial insured-loss estimates from catastrophe modelers following Hurricane Irene.

The Senate Banking Committee plans to take up its version of legislation extending the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) on Sept. 8, immediately after Congress returns to work, says an insurance industry lobbyist.

Mitchell's Mike Mahoney, senior director of product marketing, auto casualty solutions, discusses the next generation of expert point solution systems with Robert Regis Hyle, editor-in-chief of Tech Decisions and technology channel editor for PropertyCasualty360.com.

Though it never became the big-city nightmare forecasters and public officials had warned about, Hurricane Irene left a path of destruction.